Sandwich Bag Organizational & Storage Tip

To store those sandwich or storage bags out of the way and still keep them handy, use push pins to pin them onto the inside of a cabinet door. In this case, they were pinned to the inside of a pantry in a tiny space between the door frame and shelves. This idea will free up cabinet space for other items. Absolutely love this idea and it works great!

Vertical Shower Organization Plus a Bonus Storage Solution

Do you have a lot of shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc., in your shower? If you are like me, I am forever knocking something over (hoping it doesn't spill when it crushes my toes). I have found out the hard way that yelling and saying things I shouldn't to those bottles does absolutely no good.

I have to give my Mom a 'that-a-girl'. She came up with this genius solution to the problem.

She tacked up a shoe organizer in the back of her shower. It cleared the edge of the tub of body washes and hair products. All of the bottles fit in it nicely and nothing can tip over and spill or fall and crush tender toes. She even has a place to store other things you might need in there as well. You are able to see each item through the mesh. This was a great idea, Mom!

When she measured it to see if it would fit, she discovered that it was too long. She cut off a couple of rows and turned the excess into a mail organizer.

This trick solved another organizational problem she had of sorting each person's mail without having stacks of mail all over the table. She attached it to the wall in the hallway across from the bathroom so each person that has mail is sure to see it. She used push pins to secure it to the wall.

This would be a great office organizer too!

Way to go Mom! Twice the organization out of one item!

Creative & Cheap Storage Solution

One of my big goals for the coming year is to get my house as organized as humanly possible. Every room needs work in this department. The worst room is definitely my workroom/craftroom/granddaughter's bedroom. It is pure chaos, not the organized, creative kind either.

It is going to take a lot of time, energy and effort to get it back to where I can actually produce something in it. Not to mention, it now also has to be toddler proof.

How in the world will I do this? Well, one idea I have come up with is going vertical. I am going to be hanging items on the wall (and from the ceiling) instead of having them on the worktable.

Maybe if my baby Zoey can't reach them for now, it will give me time to train her not to put beads, needles, crayons and other craft supplies in her mouth.

Remember I am super frugal. There is just not a lot of money for me to go buy fancy storage bins and beautiful shelving. Since I cannot use my creative side to make things in the room (for now). I will need to use it to come up with alternative storage.
　

　
　One idea I had was to use these sink caddies I found in the Dollar Spot at Target. They were in with the seasonal items marked 70% off (no idea why they were considered seasonal -but I was not about to argue). I was able to get each package for $0.30. That is only $0.15 per bin. I am going to paint them a coordinating color to match the room. Then, mount them in a row and put my colored pencils, markers, crochet needles, etc in them. I believe they will look good and serve their purpose. Not a bad investment. Three packages (total of 6 bins) for less than a dollar with tax!